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100	1		_aKessler, Lauren
245	1	0	_aDancing with Rose : _bfinding life in the land of Alzheimer's _c/ Lauren Kessler
260			_aNew York _b: Viking _c, 2007.
300			_a260 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aOne journalist's surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches look at Alzheimer's, the disease that claimed her mother's life. Like many loved ones of Alzheimer's sufferers, Lauren Kessler was devastated by the disease that seemed to turn her mother into another person before claiming her life altogether. To deal with the pain of her loss, and to better understand the confounding aspects of living with this disease, Kessler enlisted as a caregiver at a facility she calls Maplewood. Life inside the facility is exhausting and humbling, a microenvironment built upon the intense relationships between two groups of marginalized people: the victims of Alzheimer's and the underpaid, overworked employees who care for them. But what surprises Kessler more than the disability and backbreaking work is the grace, humor, and unexpected humanity that are alive and well at Maplewood.--From publisher description.
600	1	0	_aKessler, Lauren
650		0	_aAlzheimer
650		0	_aCaregivers
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